द्वीपपरिखा इवभ्यन्तर द्वीपसमाना एकैकशयेन यथानुपूर्व सप्तस्वपि
बहिर्द्वीपेषु पृथक्परित उपकलिपतासतेषु जम्ब्वादिषु बर्हिषमतीपतिरनुव्रताना
त्मजानाग्नीध्रेध्मजिह्वयङाबाहुहिरण्यरेतोघृतपृष्ठमेधातिथिवीतिहोत्रसंङान् यथा
संख्येनैकैकस्मिन्नेकमेवाधिपतिं विदधे ॥३३॥
ká¹£Ärodeká¹£u-rasoda-suroda-ghá¹›toda-kṣīroda-dadhi-maṇá¸oda-Å›uddhodÄḥ sapta jaladhayaḥ sapta dvÄ«pa-parikhÄ ivÄbhyantara-dvÄ«pa-samÄnÄ ekaikaÅ›yena yathÄnupÅ«rvaá¹ saptasv api bahir dvÄ«peá¹£u pá¹›thak parita upakalpitÄs teá¹£u jambv-Ädiá¹£u barhiá¹£matÄ«-patir anuvratÄnÄtmajÄn ÄgnÄ«dhredhmajihva-yajñabÄhu-hiraṇyareto-ghá¹›tapṛṣá¹ha-medhÄtithi-vÄ«tihotra-saá¹jñÄn yathÄ-saá¹…khyenaikaikasminn ekam evÄdhi-patiá¹ vidadhe
ká¹£Ära - salt; uda - water; iká¹£u-rasa - the liquid extract from sugarcane; uda - water; surÄ - liquor; uda - water; ghá¹›ta - clarified butter; uda - water; kṣīra - milk; uda - water; dadhi-maṇá¸a - emulsified yogurt; uda - water; Å›uddha-udÄḥ - and drinking water; sapta - seven; jala-dhayaḥ - oceans; sapta - seven; dvÄ«pa - islands; parikhÄḥ - trenches; iva - like; abhyantara - internal; dvÄ«pa - islands; samÄnÄḥ - equal to; eka-ekaÅ›yena - one after another; yathÄ-anupÅ«rvam - in chronological order; saptasu - seven; api - although; bahiḥ - outside; dvÄ«peá¹£u - in islands; pá¹›thak - separate; paritaḥ - all around; upakalpitÄḥ - situated; teá¹£u - within them; jambÅ«-Ädiá¹£u - beginning with JambÅ«; barhiá¹£matÄ« - of Barhiá¹£matÄ«; patiḥ - the husband; anuvratÄn - who were actually followers of the father's principles; Ätma-jÄn - sons; ÄgnÄ«dhra-idhmajihva-yajñabÄhu-hiraṇyaretaḥ-ghá¹›tapṛṣá¹ha-medhÄtithi-vÄ«tihotra-saá¹jñÄn - named Ä€gnÄ«á¸hra, Idhmajihva, YajñabÄhu, HiraṇyaretÄ, Ghá¹›tapṛṣá¹ha, MedhÄtithi and VÄ«tihotra; yathÄ-saá¹…khyena - by the same number; eka-ekasmin - in each island; ekam - one; eva - certainly; adhi-patim - king; vidadhe - he made.
The seven oceans respectively contain salt water, sugarcane juice, liquor, clarified butter, milk, emulsified yogurt, and sweet drinking water. All the islands are completely surrounded by these oceans, and each ocean is equal in breadth to the island it surrounds. MahÄrÄja Priyavrata, the husband of Queen Barhiá¹£matÄ«, gave sovereignty over these islands to his respective sons, namely Ä€gnÄ«dhra, Idhmajihva, YajñabÄhu, HiraṇyaretÄ, Ghá¹›tapṛṣá¹ha, MedhÄtithi and VÄ«tihotra. Thus they all became kings by the order of their father.
It is to be understood that all the dvÄ«pas, or islands, are surrounded by different types of oceans, and it is said herein that the breadth of each ocean is the same as that of the island it surrounds. The length of the oceans, however, cannot equal the length of the islands. According to VÄ«rarÄghava Ä€cÄrya, the breadth of the first island is 100,000 yojanas. One yojana equals eight miles, and therefore the breadth of the first island is calculated to be 800,000 miles. The water surrounding it must have the same breadth, but its length must be different.
